“Crapaudine” (Scheenstia teeth) – the jewel of Kings

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00094862:_____/20:N0000047

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://scigeo.actamm.cz/en/crapaudine-scheenstia-teeth-the-jewel-of-kings/" target="_blank" >http://scigeo.actamm.cz/en/crapaudine-scheenstia-teeth-the-jewel-of-kings/</a>

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

“Crapaudine” (Scheenstia teeth) – the jewel of Kings

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Two inconspicuous brownstones in the crown on the reliquary bust of Charlemagne held in the Treasury of Aachen Cathedral are set next to cameos, pearls, precious and semi-precious stones. Rather unusually, they are the button-shaped teeth of a Mesozoic fish called Scheenstia (Lepidotes) maximus (WAGNER, 1863). In the Middle Ages, the prevailing belief was that these stones came from the heads of ancient toads and they were attributed magical, protective, and healing powers on the basis of sympathetic medicine. The most important of these fabulous properties was the ability to detect and neutralize poisons. This paper presents a short chronological overview of the historical records of toad stones from Antiquity to the emergence of scientific paleontology as a basis for future study. The principal European palaeontological localities yielding Scheenstia maximus (WAGNER, 1863) are summarised as possible historical sources for these particular stones. A number of specimens have been studied from museum collections for comparative purposes.

Název v anglickém jazyce

“Crapaudine” (Scheenstia teeth) – the jewel of Kings

Popis výsledku anglicky

Two inconspicuous brownstones in the crown on the reliquary bust of Charlemagne held in the Treasury of Aachen Cathedral are set next to cameos, pearls, precious and semi-precious stones. Rather unusually, they are the button-shaped teeth of a Mesozoic fish called Scheenstia (Lepidotes) maximus (WAGNER, 1863). In the Middle Ages, the prevailing belief was that these stones came from the heads of ancient toads and they were attributed magical, protective, and healing powers on the basis of sympathetic medicine. The most important of these fabulous properties was the ability to detect and neutralize poisons. This paper presents a short chronological overview of the historical records of toad stones from Antiquity to the emergence of scientific paleontology as a basis for future study. The principal European palaeontological localities yielding Scheenstia maximus (WAGNER, 1863) are summarised as possible historical sources for these particular stones. A number of specimens have been studied from museum collections for comparative purposes.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae geologicae

ISSN

1211-8796

e-ISSN

2571-4686

Svazek periodika

105

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

18

Strana od-do

277-294

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85101230686